📩 [Invite] How to Improve Your Law Firm Applications

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Have you ever wondered why some applicants get multiple internships and vacation schemes whilst others get overlooked?

It’s not intelligence, or talent, or dedication. It isn’t that one applicant wants it more than the other.

The difference lies in what each applicant knows and how he or she makes use of that knowledge.

On Tuesday, 21 October, there is an exclusive masterclass designed to help you turn good applications into exceptional ones.

So if you don’t want to miss on:

• Practical frameworks to structure answers that stand out

• Methods to bring clarity, depth, and precision to your writing

• Real insights from those who’ve successfully secured offers

We’re looking for driven, creative students to join Equal Opportunity as Brand Ambassadors (a paid role).

If you care about social mobility, love sharing resources, and want to help more aspiring lawyers land training contracts, this is your chance to get involved.

• ✅ Represent EO at your university

• ✅ Promote exclusive events, resources, and insights

• ✅ Get early access to our projects

Think you’d be a great fit? 👇

1. 📄Law Firm Profiles

   Access over 20 law firm profiles, complete with breakdowns, seats, secondments, and other requirements.

2. 💼 Virtual Work Experience

   Explore free virtual internships and DIY vacation schemes. Build real-world skills you can showcase on applications.

3. 📚 Studying

   First Class LLB Notes, Problem Question Model Answers, Essay Structures and more tips to ace your degree.

4. ✍️ Application Writing & Tests

   Application tracker, CV & Cover Letter guidance, psychometric tests guidance, interview answering guidance and more.

5. 🏆 Personal Development

   Resources to boost your confidence, communication, and professional skills.

19 October 1914 — Wartime licensing laws came into operation, premises having to close at 10 p.m, as stated in the Defence of the Realm Act.

20 October 1988 — A new law was announced regarding a suspect’s right to remain silent so that remaining silent could be used for an incrimination. In 1994, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act was passed, stating that a court can draw an adverse inference from a defendant’s silence in certain circumstances.

21 October 1958 — The first women peers were allowed into the House of Lords, following the Life Peerages Act 1958.

22 October 1910 — Doctor Hawley Crippen is convicted after poisoning his wife Cora. See R v Crippen [1911] 1 K.B. 149

23 October 1991 — R v R [1991] UKHL 12 is decided, determining that under English criminal law, it is a crime for a husband to rape his wife.

24 October 1964 — Malta gains independence from Britain. See Malta Independence Act 1964.

25 October 1968 — Race Relations Act 1968 comes into force, making it illegal to refuse housing, public services or employment to a person on the grounds of colour, race, ethnic or national origins.

In a landmark study, 20 experienced corporate lawyers were pitted against an AI in a contract review challenge. Their task was to spot issues in five Non Disclosure Agreements.

The results were staggering:

• The lawyers took 92 minutes and achieved 85% accuracy.

• The AI took 26 seconds and achieved 94% accuracy.

In this week’s feature, Archin B. Mharolkar, a Kingston University London graduate, explores how AI is reshaping the legal profession and why the lawyers of the future will need to balance technological fluency with human judgment.

Read more here

Monday 20 October

• Pride at Baker McKenzie

• A&O Sherman - Recruiter Insights: Excel in the application process

• University of Law - The SQE Explained

• How Shoosmiths Trainees Gained Confidence and Commercial Insight Through Client Secondments

• The Insider’s Guide to Cracking the BCLP Application Process

• Secondments at Trowers & Hamlins

• Applications Masterclass: How to Succeed at DLA Piper

• The Bank of Advice – From Early Careers to Assessors to Trainees

• Get interviews and assessment centre invitations with a CV and cover letter that stand out

• The Bird’s Eye View: Sector Focus at Bird & Bird

• The smart way to choose your legal qualification route

Tuesday 21 October

• Legal Cheek - TC and vac scheme application masterclass

• Practical Tools to Develop and Showcase Your Commercial Awareness

• Inside Sharpe Pritchard: Trainee Insights and Recruitment Tips

• Making your mark: how to make law firms notice you

• Standing out from the crowd: pathways to success

Wednesday 22 October

• Clifford Chance - How to ace your application

• Discover Addleshaw Goddard - Mastering the Application Process

• Legal Cheek - What does an AI lawyer do at Bird & Bird?

• What Makes a Skadden Training Contract Different

Thursday 23 October

• LawCareers.Net masterclass: understanding legal practice – M&A

• Gowling WLG - The Government Sector

• Behind the Deals: Skadden’s Private Equity Practice

• Don’t sound like a machine: Making AI work for you, not as you

Friday 24 October

• AI won’t get you the TC

• Thriving, not just surviving: Managing well-being during your legal journey